Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Job 39:29
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Seeketh - is on the look out for.
Behold - the eagle descries its prey at an astonishing distance by sight rather than smell.
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Seeketh - is on the look out for.
Behold - the eagle descries its prey at an astonishing distance by sight rather than smell.
Verse Job 39:29. _HER EYES BEHOLD AFAR OFF._] The _eagle_ was proverbial for her strong and clear sight. So _Horace_, lib. i., sat. iii., ver. 25: - Cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis, Cu...
FROM, THENCE SHE SEEKETH THE PREY, AND HER EYES BEHOLD AFAR OFF - “When far aloft, and no longer discernible by the human eye, such is the wonderful acuteness of its sight, that from the same elevatio...
CHAPTER S 38:39--39:30 _ 1. The beasts of prey (Job 38:39)_ 2. The wild goats, the ass, the unicorn and the ostrich (Job 39:1) 3. The horse, the hawk and the eagle (Job 39:19)...
The eagle. Is it at Job's command that the eagle fixes her habitation fearlessly on the dizzy crag? Did he bestow on her her penetrating vision, which scans the wide expanse of country and pierces in...
Job 38:39 Ch. Job 39:30. The manifoldness of the Divine Mind as displayed in the world of animal life The instances chosen are the lion and the raven (Job 38:39); the wild goats and the hinds (ch....
HER EYES BEHOLD AFAR OFF— Dr. Young paraphrases this well: Thence [from the rock] wide o'er nature takes her dread survey, And, with a glance predestinates her prey. And he observes, that the eagle i...
2. And of the animal world (Job 39:1, Job 40:2) TEXT 39:1-30 to Job 40:2 39 KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH? _Or_ canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst...
THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (CONCLUDED) Chs. Job 38:39 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation, and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of God. In view of...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 39 GOD SPEAKS ABOUT BIRDS A...
In verses 19-26, God described a terrible battle. After the battle, the vultures come. Vultures are birds that eat dead bodies. They do not hunt for anything that is alive. Perhaps they are eating the...
מִ שָּׁ֥ם חָֽפַר ־אֹ֑כֶל לְ֝ מֵ רָחֹ֗וק
XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job makes submis...
“KNOWEST THOU?” “CANST THOU?” Job 39:1 The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1; the wild ass, Job 39:5...
And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameabl...
_Off. The eagle was remarkably (Calmet) quick-sighted, (Worthington) as well as the serpent. (Horace i. Sat. iii.; Homer, Iliad xvii.) --- They say it can discern a fly or a fish from the highest situ...
(27) Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? (28) She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. (29) From thence she seeketh the pre...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...
FROM THENCE SHE SEEKETH THE PREY,.... From the high rock; from whence she can look down into valleys, and even into the sea; and spy what is for her purpose, and descend and seize upon them; as lambs,...
From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off. Ver. 29. _From thence she seeketh her prey_] Besides fowls (whereof she is called the queen) she preyeth upon hares, hinds, foxes, an...
_Her eyes behold afar off_ Dr. Young observes, that “the eagle is said to be of so acute a sight that, when she is so high in the air that man cannot see her, she can discern the smallest fish in the...
From thence she seeketh her prey, piercing the atmosphere far and wide with her sharp vision, AND HER EYES BEHOLD AFAR OFF....
V. 1. KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the mountains? OR CANST THOU MARK WHEN THE HINDS DO CALVE, noting the travai...
THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER (vv.1-4) The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than aggressive, they are elusive. Did Job...
Her sight is exceeding sharp and strong, so that she is able to look upon the sun with open eyes, and to behold the smallest prey upon the earth or sea, when she is mounted out of our sight; which whe...
Job 39:29 spies H2658 (H8804) prey H400 eyes H5869 observe H5027 (H8686) afar H7350 she -...
CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job. CONCLUSION: When we consider God's wonderful works in all nature about us, and see how wonderfully even the brute creatures are fitt...
Job 39:1. _The wild goat,_ on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws of...
_Hast thou given the horse strength?_ THE HIGHER TEACHING OF NATURE The intent of all these beautiful references to the works of Nature is to teach us, from the wisdom, skill, and curious designs dis...
NOTES Job 39:13. “_Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers into the ostrich?_” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rendered....
EXPOSITION JOB 39:1 This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job 38:39. The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and wild cattle are first noticed (Job 38:1); then...
Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? can you mark when the hinds calve? Can you number the months that they fulfil? [Do you know how long their pregnancies are?] or do you...
Job 9:26...
Her eyes — Her sight is exceeding sharp and strong, so that she is able to look upon the sun with open eyes, and to behold the smallest prey upon the earth or sea, when she is mounted out of our sight...